ECONOMIC FORUMInstitute for Eastern StudiesPoland&

Ministry of Foreign AffairsHungaryare honored to invitehonorable membersof the Foreign Affairs Committee in Folketingetto take part in

6 EUROPE- UKRAINEFORUMTH

EU - Ukraine: Priorities of Cooperation. New Impulses, Old Challenges12th-14thMay, 2013Budapest, Hungary

Janos MartonyiMinister of Foreign Affairs of Hungary

Zygmunt BerdychowskiChairman of the Economic Forum Program Council

Foundation Institute for Eastern Studies

Solec Str. 85, 00-382 Warsaw, Poland Phone. (+48 22) 583 1100, fax (+4822) 583 1150 e-mail: [email protected]www.forum-ekonomiczne.pl

ECONOMIC FORUMWarsaw, 28Dear Members of the Foreign Affairs Committeein Folketinget, DenmarkDear Ladies and GentlemenOn behalf of the Institute for Eastern Studies and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Hungary We arehonored to invite you (members of Foreign affairs Committee) to the6thEurope-Ukraine Forumthatwill be held in Budapest12-14 May 2013.This time a leading theme of it will be:EU - Ukraine:Priorities of Cooperation. New Impulses, Old Challenges.Preparations for the Forum were taking place against the background of thelatest domestic trendswithin Ukraineas well as recent shifts in EU policy towards Ukraine. The following issues (amongothers: EU-Ukraine Association Agreement, energy security, economic reforms and restructuringprocesses, democratic development and investment attractiveness) crucial for the future of Ukraine inEurope are to be the subjects of the 6thEurope-Ukraine Forum.We would highly appreciate your effort to be among our honorable guests and participants in thediscussion panel entitled:th

European and Ukrainian energy security

List of invited guestsTim Yeo, Chsirman, Energy and Climate Change Committee, United KingdomJosef Walti, President of European Petroleum Industry Associatian, AustriaLykke Friis former Minister for Climate end Energy DenmarkLike in the previous years, the Forum will be a distinct meeting place for government officials andregulators, prominent politicians, business leaders and experts from most of the EU members, Ukraineand other countries.Institute for Eastern Studies has organized a number of initiatives aimed at evoking the political, economic andforeign policy possibilities of an open Ukraine in the heart of Europe. Next to the annual Europe-UkraineForums, organized for the last five years, the Institute, in cooperation with the Washington based Center forTransatlantic Relations, published in 2011 a reportOpen Ukraine. Changing Course towards a European Future.Thepublication was the result of meetings of prominent experts and politicians devoted to promoting Ukrainianpresence in European structures. Among them were Urban Ahlin, Guenter Verheugen, Paula Dobriansky andWilliam Taylor. The report is available at ourwebsite.

Foundation Institute for Eastern Studies

Solec Str. 85, 00-382 Warsaw, Poland Phone. (+48 22) 583 1100, fax (+4822) 583 1150 e-mail: [email protected]www.forum-ekonomiczne.pl

ECONOMIC FORUMYours sincerely,

Janos MartonyiMinister of Foreign Affairs of Hungary

Zygmunt BerdychowskiChairman of the Economic Forum Program Council

Foundation Institute for Eastern Studies

Solec Str. 85, 00-382 Warsaw, Poland Phone. (+48 22) 583 1100, fax (+4822) 583 1150 e-mail: [email protected]www.forum-ekonomiczne.pl